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Issue: Vol. 777 No. 2: 30 Sept. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-09-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.2.4
Page range: 144-154
Abstract views: 42
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Faberia gongshanensis (Asteraceae, Cichorieae), a new species from Yunnan, China

Plant Science Research Center; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; Guangdong 510650; China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049; China
Plant Science Research Center; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; Guangdong 510650; China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China; Guangzhou 510650; China
Gongshan Management and Protection Branch of Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve; Yunnan; China
Gongshan Management and Protection Branch of Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve; Yunnan; China
Plant Science Research Center; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou; Guangdong 510650; China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China; Guangzhou 510650; China
Eudicots Compositae molecular phylogeny morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Faberia gongshanensis (Asteraceae), a new species from northwestern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. Faberia gongshanensis is morphologically similar to F. faberi and F. cavaleriei in having broadly ovate to pentagonal leaf blades. However, it differs from F. cavaleriei by its capitula with ca. 10 florets (vs. 10–20 florets), slender peduncles 1–7 cm long (vs. sessile or with peduncles 2–5 cm long), and outer phyllaries triangular-ovate, up to 2–3.2 mm (vs. triangular-ovate to lanceolate, up to 5–7 mm). It differs from F. faberi in having synflorescences laxly branched, racemiform, with 2–11 capitula (vs. synflorescences contracted, paniculiform, with 30–70 capitula), and nodding capitula (vs. erect) bearing ca. 10 florets (vs. ca. 5 florets). The recognition of this species as a distinct and previously undescribed taxon of Faberia is further supported by phylogenetic analyses based on molecular data.

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How to Cite

Jin, Z.-C., Xu, L.-S., Pian, L., Li, Y.-Y. & Chen, Y.-S. (2026) Faberia gongshanensis (Asteraceae, Cichorieae), a new species from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 777 (2): 144–154. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.777.2.4